Candy-coating machine.



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CANDY COATING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 5, I90l.

(Application filed Jan. 19, 1901.)

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No. 685,790. Patented Nov. 5, l90l. P. PANOUUAS.

CANDY COATING MACHINE.

(Application filed Jan. 19, 1901.)

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CANDY CUATINGMACHINE.

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CANDY COATING MACHINE. (Application filed Jain. 19, 1901.) (No Model. 7Sheets-Sheet 4.

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CANDY comma Marlins.

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No. 685,790 Pa'tented Nov. 5, 1901.

P. PANUULIAS.

CANDY COATING MACHINE.

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CANDY COATING MACHINE.

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(Application filed Jan. 19, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PANAYIOTIS PANOULIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

-CANDY-COATING MACHINE.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,790, dated November5, 1901. Application filed January 19, 1901. Serial No. .9 (N0 111 To(MZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, PANAYIOTIS PANOU- LIAS, a subject of the King ofGreece, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Candy-Ooating Machines, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for coating candies with chocolate;and the object thereof is to provide an improved machine of this classwhich is particularly designed for coating candies, such as creamcenters and other small candies, with chocolate or other material; andwith this and other objects in view the invention consists in a machineof the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of the righthand. side of my improved machine, part ofthe construction being in section; Fig. 2, a partial plan view of themachine; Fig. 3, a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 4, a partialplan view of one subdivision of the machine below the line 4 4 of Figs.1 and 3; Fig. 5, a partial section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, apartial sectional plan of one subdivision of the machine on the line 6 6of Fig. 1; Fig. 7, a vertical longitudinal section on the line 7 7 ofFig. 6; Fig. 8, a view similar to Fig. 7, showing the parts inadilferent position; Fig. 9, a perspective view of a detail of theconstruction; Fig. 10, a sectional side view of the construction; Fig.11, a similar viewomitting some of the parts and showing others in adifferent position; and Figs. 410 11, inclusive, are on an enlargedscale; Fig. 12, a side elevation of a detail of the construction; andFig. 13, a transverse sectional view of a candy-board which I employ.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown myimproved machine composed of two separate similar subdivisions which areexactly alike and which operate in the same manner and by means of thesame mechanism, and in the practice of my invention I provide a strongupright may be constructed in any suitable or any de sired manner, andthe above reference to the details thereof is made only to distinguishthe separate parts of the frame, as shown in the drawings.

Extending from one side to the other of the frame and in the bottom rearportion thereof is a Water-tank 13, which is open at the top andprovided with a steam-pipe 13, a watersupply pipe 13 a water-exhaustpipe 13, and an overflow-pipe 13 Achocolate-receptacle 14 is set intothe top of the water-tank 13 and extends the full length thereof andalso from one side of the'machine to the other, and saidchocolate-receptacle is provided with an outlet-pipe 14 by means ofwhich the chocolate may be drawn off from the receptacle l4 wheneverdesired. The chocolate-receptacle 14 is also provided centrally with atransverse partition 14, forming two separate compartments, each ofwhich is provided with two separate hangers 14, suspended from thecentral frame-bars, and in which in each compartment of thechocolate-receptacle is mounted a vertically-adjustable shaft 14, eachof which is provided with two separate sprocketwheels 14, over which arepassed separate bucket-chains 15, said chains being connected bytransversely-arranged buckets 15". The chains 15 pass over the outersides of vertically-arranged guides 16, secured to the frame of themachine and intended to prevent the opposite sides of said chains andthe buckets thereon from interfering in the operation of the machine, ashereinafter described.

Mounted in suitable supports over the top of the frame is a shaft 17,extending parallel with the chocolate-receptacle, and this shaft isprovided with sprocket-Wheels 18, arranged in pairs, and over which thechains 15 pass, and the front reaches of the chains 15 below thesprocket-wheels 18 are passed between guides at 19, as shown in Figs. 1and 3, so as to direct the same backwardly, as indicated in Fig. 1, andprovide room forother operative parts of the machine mounted under andin front of the shaft 17. The shaft 17 is also provided with a largegear-wheel 20, and belarge sprocket-wheel 29, which is geared inconnection with an agitator-shaft 30, mounted in the front lower portionof the frame, by means of a drive-chain 31 and a sprocketwheel 32 on theshaft 30.

Mounted in each side of the main frame of the machine and over each ofthe compartments in the chocolate-receptacle and corresponding with eachset of the chains is a shaft 33, and these shafts 33 are geared inconnection with the shaft by means of chains 34. One of the shafts 33and its connected parts are plainly shown in Figs. 6 and 7, and each ofthese shafts is provided at one end with a pulley-wheel or drum 35 andadjacent to each end with a sprocket or gear Wheel 36.

The shafts 33 are mounted in rectangular supplementalframes secured inthe main frame and consisting of uprights 37 and forwardly anddownwardly inclined side plates 38, and these side plates 38 areprovided in their inner sides and at the bottom thereof with rectangularrecesses 39, 40, 41, and 42, in the bottom of each of which is placed aguidestrip 43, and mounted on each of these guidestrips 43, except thetop one, is a slide 44, and on the top strips and in the top recess 42isa stationary plate 45. The bottom slide 44 is provided at its frontedge with an upwardly and forwardly directed member 46 and adownwardly-directed plate 47, forwardly of which the said slide isprovided with a slot or opening 48, and the intermediate slides 44 arecurved downwardly at the forward edges and upwardly at the rearwardedges, and the bottom slide is also curved upwardly at its rear edge,while the front edge of the top stationary plate 45 is curveddownwardly, and the two intermediate slides are provided at their upperrear edges with transverse strips 45, and by reason of this constructionthe top slide when it is drawn downwardly and forwardly will catch onthe forward edge of the plate 45, the next slide will catch ontheforward edge of the top slide, and the bottom slide will catch on theforward edge of the next slide thereover, and these slides may be drawndownwardly in the supplemental frames in which they are mounted, asshown in Fig. 7, so as to completely close the bottom of saidsupplemental frames between the side plates 38. At each side of thesesupplemental frames and at the lower front portions thereof and withinthe side plates thereof are mounted sprocket or gear wheels 49,

and these sprocket-wheels are gearedin connection with the wheels 36 onthe shafts 33 by chains 50. The lower slides 44, mounted between theside plates 38 of the supplemental frames, as hereinbefore described,are connected with these chains, as shown at 51 .in Fig. 7, and saidslides are also providedat their opposite sides with angle-brackets 52,

pulled down intothe position shown in Fig.

7 by means of the said chains, and when the motion of the shafts 33 isreversed the said if slides will be moved up into the position W shownin Fig. 8.

The shafts 33 are each provided, as hereinbefore described, with a largepulley-wheel d or drum 35, on eachof which is wound a chain 7 '7 r orother flexible device 53, and these chains or other flexible devicespass over a sprocket main frame and are provided at their ends withweights 55, and the "amount of said weights may be adjusted to anydesired extent, and at the lower front ends of the supplemental framesin which the shafts 33 are mounted are vertically-arranged andforwardly-inclined strips or stops 56 tolimit the downward movement ofthe slides 44.

Each of the shafts 33 is provided with a 9'9' or pulley 54 in the upperrear portion of the v sprocket-wheel 57, over which the chains 34 i 5pass, and each of said sprocket wheels is provided with a clutch-head58, and coliars 59 are mounted on the shafts 33 and provided withcorresponding clutch-heads 60, as clearly shown in Fig.6. mounted on theshafts 33, and the collars 59 are free to slide on said shafts, beingsplined f V 3' i A yoke 61 is connected with each 7 each of said yokesis provided with a cross thereto. of the collars 59 in the usual manner,and

, 5' The wheels 57 are loosely.

head 62, pivoted to the supplemental frames I or the side plates 38thereof at 63, and pivotally connected with the opposite ends of thecross-heads 62 are angle-bars 64 and 65, and the bar 64 projectsforwardly of the machine and is provided with an angular extension 66,pivotally connected with a bolt or rod 67, which extends backwardly apredetermined distance behind the stops 56 and at the for mounted insupports 68. passes forwardly beneath the bar 64 and is extendedforwardly of the main frame and is provided at its forward end with apivot-pin I20 Ward ends of the side plates 38 of the supplea mentalframes in which the slides 44 are 4 mounted,and said bolts or rods67aremovably V Y The other bar 69, which moves in a segmental slot 70,formed V 7 in a curved arm 71, formed on or secured to I a post 72,provided centrally with parallel lugs or projections 73 and at its lowerend with a grooved roller 74. These features of construction are bestshown in Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 9; but other figures of the drawings alsoshow them.

As hereinbefore stated, this machine is composed of two separate similarsubdivisions or parts, and most of the operative parts are thereforeduplicated, and there are therefore two of the posts 72, and the frontof the main frame is provided with forwardly-directed arms 75, havingupwardly-directed extensions 76, provided with lugs or projections77,which fit between the lugs or projections 73 on the posts 72 and arepivotally connected there with at 78,.and each of the posts 72 isprovided with an arm 79, rigidly connected therewith.

In each subdivision of the main frame or of the machine and directlyover the agitatorshaft 30 are mounted or secured brackets or supports80, which are shown in plan in Fig. 4E and in section in Fig. 10, andthese brackets or supports, are secured to the horizontal bars 12 and 12of the main frame by means of angle-plates 91, and rearwardly thereofare supplemental brackets or supports 81.

I also employ an agitator-frame consisting of side bars 82, providedwith pins 83, which are adapted to move vertically in the brackets orsupports 80, and passed through the side bars 82, adjacent to the endsthereof, are screws 84, proveded with set-nuts 85, and these screws bearon the brackets or supports 80, and by means thereof the position of theagitator-frame above said brackets or supports is regulated. The sidebars 82 are also provided at their ends with screws 86, on which areplaced springs 87, and resting on the springs 87 are front and back bars88 and 89, through which the screws 86 are passed, and placed on thefront and back bars 88 and 89 and secured thereto is a rigidsupplemental frame 90. The supports or brackets 80 are secured to orformed integrally with angle side plates 91, between which theagitatorframe is placed, and the supplemental frame 90, which issupported by the springs 87, forms apart of the main agitator-frame, ofwhich the side bar 82 and front and rear bars are the main members.

Each of the side bars 82 of the agitatorframe is provided centrally withupwardlydirected jaws 92, through each of which is passed a set-screw93, and pivoted in each of the side bars 82, midway between the jaws 92,are hangers 9i, the upper ends of which project between set-screws 93and the lower ends of which carry a roller 95. The shaft 30, whichextends from one side of the machine to the other, is provided in eachsubdivision of the machine with a tube 96, (see Fig. 5,) which extendsfrom one side of the agitator-frame to the other, and these tubes areprovided at each end with cam-wheels 97, having cam-teeth or projections98, and one of said cam-wheels is provided with a clutch collar orflange 99.

At the right-hand side of each of the agitator-frames the shaft 30 isprovided with a slidable clutch-collar 1, having a clutch-head 2, andthis clutch-collar is adapted to movepassing through keepers 6, formedon or secured to brackets 7, secured to the main frame of the machine,andthe lower ends of said shafts are provided with collars 8, by whichthe upward movement thereof is limited. The upper ends of each pair ofthe shafts 5 are provided with a frame or support consisting of sideplates 9 and a rear cross-plate 10 and the lower ends of the shafts 5 oreach pair of said shafts is connected by a cross-bar 1, havingforwardly-directed end extensions 2". (Indicated in dotted lines in Fig.4 and shown in full lines in Figs. 1 and 3.) The cross-bar 1 is providedcentrally with a downwardly and forwardly directed arm 3 pivotallyconnected with a bar 4", the lower end of which is pivotally connectedat 5 with a lever 6", pivoted at 7", and one end of which projectsbackwardly and is provided with a weight 8 and the other end of whichprojects forwardly and is provided with a pedal 9*, and pivoted beneaththe pedal 9 as shown at 1, is a catch or pawl 2, which is adapted toengage the rear end of the pedal and which is forcedforwardly by aspring 3,

this construction being clearly shown in Figs.

1, 2, and 3.

The side members 9 of the frames or supports on the upper ends of theshafts 5 are provided with angle -irons 4, forming upwardly-directedside flanges on said frames or supports, and mounted rearwardly of andabove the said frames or supports at each side thereof are U-shapedbrackets 5, and in the I operation of this machine I employ basket ordipping frames 6, which are rectangular in form and the sides of whichfit in the angleirons 4 of the frame or support on the upper end of theshafts 5, and said basket or dipping frames are provided at their fourcorners with lugs or projections 7, two of which fit in the U-shapedbrackets 5 and form pivots on which the basket or dipping frames areturned, and the other tworest when the basket or dipping frames are inposition on the said support or frame on the ends of the brackets orarms 75, as shown in Fig. 4.

The basket or dipping frames 6 are provided in practice with wirebaskets or body portions the same as those described and claimed in theUnited States Patent No. 663,359, granted to me on the 4th day ofDecember, 1900, and in themselves form no part of the inventiondescribed and claimed herein, the construction and operation of thesebaskets or dipping frames and thebody portions thereof being clearlyshown and described in the patent above referred to. I also employfeed-boards 1, a sectional view of one of which is given in Fig. 13 andwhich are of the same form as the frame or support on the upper ends ofthe vertically-movable shafts 5, and these feed-boards consist of astationary top member 2 and a verticallymovable member 3, and the bottommember 3 is provided with raised portions at, distributed throughout itsupper surface, while the top member 2 is provided with correspondingholes or openings 5, and in practice the candies to be coated, some ofwhich are shown at 6 are placed in the openings 5 and rest on the raisedportions t of the bottom member of the feed -board and are projectedthrough the openings in the top member when the bottom member is raised.Thefeedboard, with the candies thereon, is first slid into position onthe frame or support connected with the vertically-movable shafts 5, asshown in Fig. 10, and the basket or dipping frame-is then swung downinto position thereover, as shown in full lines in Fig. 10. Thefeed-board is then raised by releasing the catch 2from the pedal 9 whenthe weight S will raise the shafts 5 and the feed-board is raised flushwiththe bottom of the basketframe, and the candies are correspondinglyraised. One hand of the operator is then placed under the feed-board,and the bottom member thereof is raised by hand, and the candies areprojected into the forms of the basket-frames, while the other handgrasps the front edge of the basket-frame or the handle 7, Fig. 3,connected therewith, and the said basket-frames and feed-boards areturned backwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 10, and lowered intothe position shown in Fig. 11, in which position they rest over theagitator-frames, as shown in Fig. 10, being supported by the U-shapedbrackets 5 and the brackets or supports 81. The feed-boards are thenremoved, leaving the candies resting in the forms of the basket, and thebasket rests approximately upon the agitator-frame and may be agitate dthereby in the operation of the machine, as hereinafter described, andwhile the chocolate in a liquid condition is being distributed over thecandies.

Arranged in the upper part of the main frame and over the rear portionsof the supplemental frames, in which the slides 44 are mounted, anddirectly over the stationary plate 45 at the upper rear end of saidsupplemental frames are hoppers 8, and these hoppers are designed todischarge the liquid chocolate into the supplemental frames or onto theplates .45 at the upper ends thereof in the operation of the machine,and each of these hoppers 8 is provided with a strainer 9, consisting ofperforated metal or wire-gauze or any other preferred material.

Arranged below the supplemental frames and below the slides 44 when'intheir lowest clined chutes 1", which are designed to receive the surplusor drippings of the choc0- late as it is distributed over the candies inEhB'bZLSkBU OI dipping frames a -fh l t 7 rest on the agitator-framesand to return the same to the chocolate-receptacle 14:. 'I also employ aperforated plate or board 2 which is clearly shown in Figs. 4. and 5 andwhich in practice is placed in the top portion of the V 8o frame of theagitator-frame, and when the basket or dipping frame is turned into the7 H v agitator-frame or within the supplemental position shown in Fig.11 it rests on or over this perforated board or plate and aids in dis-.V

tributing the chocolate over the candies as they are held in the basketor dipping frame the dipping or basket frames are provided 4 scribed andclaimed in. the United States pat} ent hereinbefore referred to, andwhen the" are the same as hereinbefore stated, as are dedipping framesor baskets are turned into the position shown infull lines in Fig. 11 inthe i operation of the machine and the chocolate has been fullydistributed over the candies.

a sheet 3 of paper or other suitable material is placed thereover and aplate or board 4 is placed over said sheet, after which the bas- 5' intothe position shown in full lines in Fig. 10 v ket or dipping frames areturned backwardly and in dotted lines in Fig. 11, and the baskets orbasket-frames are manipulated so as to dis- 7 l charge the candies onthe said sheet of paper. a

as it rests on the plate or board 4 In this- P rests on thevertically-movable frame or position of the parts the said plate or.board 7 1 1 support connected with the upper ends of the a shafts 5, andthe said frame or support being lowered the plate or board 4', with thecandies thereon, may be removed and placed in an ice-room or in driers.

It will be understood that in raisingthe' shafts 5 the catch or pawl 2is'pressed backl p wardly and released from the pedal 9 andthe weight Sthen operates to raise the shafts 5; but in depressing the said shaftsthe foot is pressed upon the pedal 9*, and the latter is V forced downuntil the catch-pawl 2 engages a 9 therewith.

In the patent hereinbefore referred to the baskets or body portions ofthe basket or dipping frames are made of pivotally-connected partsforming receptacles or forms adapted to receive and hold the candies,which are operated in the manner described and claimed in said patent.The construction of the body portion or baskets of said basket ordipping frames are the same in this case as in the pat- 7 ent referredto; but the said forms or receivers are adapted to discharge the candiesonto the plate or board 4 or onto the sheet of paper placed thereon, asabove described, in a somewhat ditferent manner. In this case thecandies are held in the forms or receivers of the baskets by aspring-operated catch 6 having a finger or arm 7 which is operated by alug or projection 8 on the frame or support connected with the tops ofthe shafts 5 when the basket or dipping frames are turned into theposition shown in full lines in Fig. 10. In this operation the finger orarm 7 of the catch 6 strikes the lug or projection 8 and releases thelocking mechanism which holds the candies in the receivers or forms ofthe baskets, and the operator then presses backwardly on a handle 9forming a part of said mechanism, and the candies are discharged fromthe baskets onto the plate 4 The partition-plate 14 in thechocolate-receptacle 14 is provided, as shown in Fig. 12, with anopening 1 having a slidable door 2 and by means of this construction theseparate compartments of the chocolate-receptacle may be put incommunication, and both divisions of the machine may be operatedtogether whenever desired, or one division may be so operated, ifnecessary.

It will also be understood that a machine of this class may be providedwith any desired number of subdivisions, such as those hereinbeforedescribed, or may be provided with but one of such subdivisions.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof. In practice the chocolate is generallyplaced in the chocolate-receptacle in a liquid condition and ismaintained at the desired temperature by means of the steam-pipe 13,which warms the water in the tank 13, or the chocolate may be placed inthe chocolate-receptacle in any form and melted by the heating of thewater in the tank 13, and it will also be understood that thetemperature of the water in the tank 13 may be regulated as desired. Inthe operation of the machine the power is applied by a belt operating inconnection with the wheel or pulley 22, and the main shafts, includingthe shafts 17, 25, and 30, are kept constantly revolving, and theseshafts are common to the different subdivisions of the machine. In thisoperation the chocolate is conveyed from the chocolate-receptacle, bymeans of the buckets 15, up over the shaft 17 and dumped into thehoppers 8, and from said hoppers it flows onto the plates a5 in theupper ends of the supplemental frames in which the slides 44: areplaced, and this flow of the chocolate is con tinuous. The operatorstands in front of the machine and in front of one subdivision thereof,and at the beginning of the operation of the machine the shafts 5 ofsaid subdivision are in the position shown in Fig. 1, and

the feed-board or candy-holder 1, with the candies thereon, is placed onthe frame at the top of said shafts, as shownin Fig. 10. Thebasket-frame is then turned backwardly into the position shown in fulllines in said figure over the feed-board, and the feed-board is thenraised by hand and the candies pressed into the candy holders or formsin the basketframe, and while held in this position said frame andfeed-board are together turned into the position shown in full lines inFig. 11, where they rest on or over the perforated plate 2 and theagitator-frame. The arm or lever 79, connected with the post 72, is thenoperated so as to turn said post to the right, and in this operation theclutch on the shaft 33 is thrown inwardly, and the shaft 33 turnsforwardly, 'and the chain 50 carries the slides 44: gradually downwardinto the position shown in Fig. 7. It will be understood that in thisoperation the chocolate is gradually flowing downwardly over said slidesand through the opening 48 in the bottom slide and is distributed overthe candies in the basket-frames. During this operation and at the sametime the lever 3 is also operated by the roller at the bottom of thepost 72, which swings outwardly, and the clutch on the shaft 30 isoperated. The tube 96 on the shaft 30 and the cam-wheels 97 connectedtherewith are turned, and these cam-wheels, operating in connection withthe hangers 94, continu ally agitate the agitator-frames and the hasketframes thereon, and the chocolate is shaken and distributed entirelyover the surface of said candies, and the surplus chocolate fiowsthrough the plate 2 into the chute 1 thereunder and back into thechocolate-receptacle. It is necessary for the basketframes to rest onthe agitator a certain length of time in order that the chocolate may bethoroughly distributed over the candies, and during this time theoperator devotes his attention to the other subdivision of the machineand operates it in the same manner. When the chocolate has beenthoroughly distributed over the candies, the sheet 3 is placed over saidcandies, and the plate or board AP is placed on said sheet, and thebasket-frame, with said plate or board thereon, is turned backwardlyinto the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 11, when the plate orboard 4 rests on the vertically-movable support, and the candies aredischarged thereon or onto the sheet 3 resting thereon, and the saidplate or board 4 is then removed, with the candies thereon, and placedin a cooler or drier.

It will be understood that the agitator-lever 3 may be operated by handwhenever desired to throw the agitator into or out of operation, andwhen the lower slide 44:, which distributes the chocolate over thebasket-frame in the position of the latter shown in Fig. 11, is at itslowest position, as shown in Fig. 7, the member 46, connected with saidslide, strikes the bolt or rod 67 and moves it forwardly and operatesthe bar 64 to throw out the clutch on the shaft 33, and at this time theweights 55 reverse the movement of said shaft and draw back the slides44 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 8, and this movement ofthe parts is repeated as long as the machine is in operation.

The bar 65, which operates the clutch on the shaft 33, is operated bythe arm 79, connected with the post 72, and may be moved in eitherdirection by said arm, while the lever 3, which operates the agitator,may be operated by said arm in the outward movement thereof and must beoperated by hand in the opposite movement; but this lever may beconnected with the post '72, so as to operate the same by the arm 79 inboth directions.

It will be apparent that this machine may be operated either by oneortwo men, and if made in one compartment or subdivision, ashereinbefore indicated, but one operator will be necessary under anycircumstances; but if composed of a greater number of compartments orsubdivisions then two, three, or more operators will be necessary. Inthe operation of the bucket-chains 15, as hereinbefore described, thesaid buckets and chains stir and agitate the chocolate in thechocolate-receptacle and keep the same thoroughly agitated or mixed atall times and also keep the said chocolate at an even temperature, andthis result facilitates the operation of the machine. It will also beapparent that many changes in and modifications of the constructionherein described may be made without departing from the spirit ofmy'invention or sacrificing its advantages, and I reserve the right tomake all such alterations therein as fairlycome within the scope of theinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A candy-coating machine, comprising a frame, a chocolate-receptaclemounted therein, a shaft mounted in said receptacle, a shaft mountedover said receptacle, bucketchains mounted on said shafts and adapted toraise the chocolate out of the receptacle, a hopper mounted in front ofand below the upper shaft and adapted to receive the chocolate from saidbuckets, a supplemental downwardly inclined frame supported beneath saidhopper, slides mounted in said frame and adapted to receive thechocolate from said hopper, an agitator-frame mounted under andforwardly of said slides and a basket or dipping frame adapted toreceive candies and to be placed on said agitator, and means foroperatingsaid parts,.substantiallyas shown and described.

2. A machine of the class described, provided with asupplementaldownwardly and forwardly inclined frame, slides mounted in said frame,means for depositing chocolate in the upper end of said frame, and meansfor operating said slides, substantially as shown and described.

3. A machine of the class described, provided with a supplementaldownwardly-inclined frame, a plate mounted in the upper end of saidframe, slides mount-ed below said plate and adapted to be moved from theupper end to the lower end of said frame, the lower slide being providedwith a transverse openingymeans for discharging chocolate onto saidplate, devices for operating said slides, an agitator-frame mountedunder 'said supplemental frame and a candy-basket or dipping-frameadapted to receive candies and to be agitated by said agitator-frame,substantially as shown and described.

4. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, a shaftmounted thereunder, a tube mounted on said shaft and provided at itsopposite ends with cam-wheels, and devices connected with said frame andoperated by said cam-wheels for agitating said frame, substantially asshown and described.

5. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, a shaftmounted beneath said frame, a tube mounted on said shaft and pro.- videdat its opposite ends with cam-wheels, devices connected with said frameand operated by said cam-wheels for agitating said frame, one of saidcam-wheels being provided with a clutch-head, and a movable collarmounted on said shaft, and operating in connection with saidclutch-head, substantially as shown and described.

6. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, avertically-movable support mounted in front of the agitator-frame,afeedboard adapted to receive the candies to be coated and to be placedon said support, and a basket or dipping frame adapted to rest over saidsupport and over said agitatorframe and to be turned into eitherposition, substantially as shown and described.

7. A machine of the class described, provided with an agitator-frame, astationary frame mounted over said agitator-frame and provided withslides arranged in an inclined position, means for discharging liquidchocolate onto said slides, a vertically-movablesupport mounted in frontof the agitatorframe, a basket or dipping frame adapted to rest on saidsupport and on said agitatorframe and to be turned into either position,and a feed-board adapted to be placed on said support and receivecandies, said feed-board no f support, a lever pivoted beneath said rodor 7 lever, and adapted tobe engaged by said catch, substantially asshown and described.

9. In a machine of the class described, an r agitator-frame, astationary supplemental frame mounted thereover, inclined slides mountedin said supplemental frame one over the other, the bottom slide beingprovided with a transverse opening, a drive-chain mounted beneath saidslides and in connection with the bottom slide, a clutch-shaft overwhich said chain passes and by which it is operated, a clutch-shaft foroperating the agitator-frame, and means for operating the clutches onsaid shafts, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, a stationarysupplemental frame mounted thereover, inclined slides mounted in saidsupplemental frame one over the other, the bottom slide being providedwith a transverse opening, a drive chain mounted beneath said slides andin connection with the bottom slide, a clutch shaft over which saidchain passes and by which it is operated, a clutch-shaft for operatingthe agitator-frame, and means for operating the clutches on said shafts,jointly or independently, substantially as shown and described.

11. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, a stationarysupplemental frame mounted thereover, and provided withdownwardly-inclined slides one of which is placed over the other, meansfor discharging chocolate onto said slides, a shaft by which said slidesare operated, clutch devices connected with said shaft, and means foroperating said clutch devices, substantially as shown and described.

12. In a machine of the class described, a verticallyadjustableagitator-frame composed of side bars, vertically-movable springsupportedbars at the front and back of said frame, a supplemental frame mountedon said spring-supported bars and a perforated plate or spring adaptedto be placed in said supplemental frame, substantially as shown anddescribed.

13. In a machine of the class described, an agitator-frame, a stationarysupplemental frame mounted thereover, an inclined stationarysupplemental frame mounted thereover, a stationary plate in the upperend of said supplemental frame, slides mounted in the bottom part ofsaid frame and below said stationary plate, one of said slides beingadapted to operate the others, a clutch-shaft for operating said slides,a clutch-shaft for operating the agitator-frame, a post mounted in frontof the agitator-frame, and devices adapted to be operated by said postfor operating the clutches on said shafts, substantially as shown anddescribed.

14. In a machine of the class described, an inclined supplementalstationary frame, slides mounted in the bottom of said frame, and inoperative connection, one of said slides being provided with a slot oropening therein, a drive-chain mounted under said frame and in operativeconnection with one of said slides, a shaft over which said chainpasses, a pulley or drum mounted on said shaft and a flexible deviceconnected with said pulley or drum and passed over another pulley andprovided with weights, substantially as shown and described.

15. In a machine of the class described, a basket or dipping framerectangular in form, and provided at its four corners with lugs orprojections forming supports, and three sets of brackets for supportingsaid frame, said sets of brackets being arranged in line and the centralset being U-shaped in cross-section, substantially as shown anddescribed.

16. In a machine of the class described, a supplemental inclined frame,a stationary plate in the upper end of said frame, a plurality of slidesmounted under said plate and in operative connection and also inconnection with said plate, said slides beingmounted one above another,the lower slide being provided with a transverse slot or opening andwith an upwardly-directed foot-plate, a hopper arranged over the upperend of said frame and adapted to discharge liquid chocolate upon saidplate, means for supplying chocolate to said hopper, and devices foroperating said slides, substantially as shown and described.

17. In a machine of the class described, a supplemental stationaryinclined frame, a transverse plate mounted in the upper end of saidframe, a plurality of slides mounted under said plate one above another,the upper slide being adapted to engage said plate, and all of saidslides being in operative connection, the bottom slide being providedwith a transverse slot or opening, and a foot-plate which projectsthereover, a shaft mounted in the upper end of said frame, a drive-chainmounted on said shaft and in operative connection with the bottom slide,and means for operating said shaft, substantially as shown anddescribed.

18. In a machine of the class described, a supplemental stationaryinclined frame, a transverse plate mounted in'the upper end of saidframe, a plurality of slides mounted under said plate one above another,the upper slide being adapted to engage said plate, and all of saidslides being in operative connection, the bottom slide being providedwith a transverse slot or opening, and a foot-plate which projectsthereover, a shaft mounted in the upper end of said frame, a drive-chainmounted on said shaft and in operative connection with the bottom slide,and means for operating said shaft, consisting of a clutch deviceconnected therewith, a yoke connected with said clutch device andprovided with a pivotally-supported cross-head and bars connected withthe opposite ends of said crosshead, one of which is adapted to beoperated by the bottom slide and the other of which is provided withindependent operating devices, substantially as shown and described.

19. In a machine of the class described,an agitator-frame, a shaftmounted thereunder, hangers pivoted to said frame and provided withrollers in their lower ends, a tube mounted on said shaft and providedat its opposite ends with cam-wheels which operate in connection withsaid rollers, and devices for turning said tube with said shaft, and forturning said shaft independently of said tube, substantially as shownand described.

20. In a machine of the class described, an agitator frame provided withhangers 94 which project above and extend below said frame, set-screwssupported on the opposite sides of the upper ends of said hangers, androllers mounted in the lower ends of said hangers, and devices operatingin connection with said rollers to operate saidagitatorframe,substantially as shown and described.

21. In a machine of the class described, an agitator frame, providedwith hangers 94: which project above and extend below said frame,set-screws supported on the opposite sides of the upper ends of saidhangers, and rollers mounted in the lower ends of said hangers, anddevices operating in connection with said rollers to operate saidagitator-frame, said frame being also vertically adjustable and beingprovided with guide-pins which pass through its supports, substantiallyas shown and described.

22. In a machine of the class described, a frame, a chocolate-receptaclemounted in the bottom thereof, a shaft within said receptacle, a shaftsupported over said frame, wheels connected with said shafts,bucket-chains mounted on said wheels, and guides secured in said framebetween the separate reaches of the chains to prevent the interfering ofthe separate reaches of said chains, substantially as shown anddescribed.

23. In a machine of the class described, a vertically-adjustableagitator-frame mounted on suitable supports, and provided withguide-pins which pass into said supports, and a perforated screen orplate mounted on the agitator-frame, substantially. as shown anddescribed.

24. In a machine of the class described, a vertically-adjustableagitator-frame, devices for operating said frame, a screen mounted onsaid frame, a basket or dipping frame adapted to hold candies and torest on said agitator-frame over said screen, and means for distributingchocolate in a liquid condition over the candies in said basket ordipping frame, substantially as shown and described.

25. In a machine of the class described, a vertically-adjustableagitator-frame, and devices for operating the same, a screen adapted tobe placed on said frame, a verticallymovable support mounted in front ofthe agitator-frame, and devices for operating the same, a feed-boardadapted to be placed on said support, and a basket or dipping frame edto be turned into either position, substan-. tially as shown anddescribed.

26. In a machine of the class described, a

verticallymovable support, a feedboard adapted to be placed thereon, andprovided with means for holding candies to be coated, and a basket ordipping frame adapted to be placed over said feed-board, said feed-boardbeing also adapted to be raised so as to pro ject the candies into saidbasket or dipping frame, substantially as shown and described. 7 V

27. In a machine for coating candies, a chocolatereceptacle, a hopperprovided with a transverse screen, means for conveying the chocolatefrom said receptacle into said hopper,an agitator-frame mounted in frontof and beneath said hopper, a basket or dipping frame adapted to receivecandies to be coated,

and also adapted to be placed over said agitator-frame, and devices forconveying the" chocolate from said hopper, and distributing it over saidbasket or dipping frame, substanl tially as shown and described.

28. In a machine for coating candies, achocolate-receptacle, a hoppermounted over said receptacle, means for conveying chocolate over saidreceptacle into said hopper, an agitater-frame mounted in front of andbeneath said hopper, and provided with a screen, a

basket or dipping frame adapted to be placed on said agitator-frame, andadapted to hold candies to be coated, devices for conveying chocolatefrom said hopper and distributing the same over said basket or dippingframe and the candies held therein, and a chute placed beneath theagitator-frame and communicating with the chocolatereceptacle,substantially as shown and described.

29. A machine for coating candies, composed of a plurality of similarsubdivisions,

11'5 olate-receptacle, a power-shaft supported thereover, another shaftmounted in said re-f ceptacle, bucket chains mounted V on said shafts, ahopper mounted in front of and be- 7 low the power-shaft and providedwith a transverse screen, an agitator-frame mounted in front of andbelow said hopper, and provided with a screen, a stationary supplementalframe supported in an inclined position between the hopper and theagitator-frame, and

slides mounted in said supplemental frame.

and adapted to convey chocolate from said hopper, and distribute thesame oversaidj basket or dipping frame, substantially as shown anddescribed. 1

31. In a machine for coating candies, a chocolate-receptacle, apower-shaft supported I thereover, another shaft mounted insaidreceptacle, bucket chains mounted on said shafts, a hopper mountedin front of and below the power-shaft and provided with a transversescreen, an agitator-frame mounted in front of and below said hopper, andprovided with a screen, a stationary supplemental frame supported in aninclined position between the hopper and the agitator-frame, and slidesmounted in said supplemental frame and adapted to convey chocolate fromsaid hopper, and distribute the same over said basket or dipping frame,and a chute placed beneath the agitator-frame and communicating with thechocolate-receptacle, substan tially as shown and described.

32. In a machine for coating candies, a main frame, achocolate-receptacle mounted in the lower rear portion thereof, apower-shaft supported above the main frame, a shaft vertically adjustable in the chocolate-receptacle, wheels connected with both of saidshafts, bucket-chains mounted on said wheels, a hopper supported infront of and below the powershaft and adapted to receive chocolate fromsaid buckets, an agitator-frame supported in front of and below saidhopper, a basket or dipping frame adapted to hold candies, and to beplaced over the agitator-frame, devices for conveying the chocolate tothe basket or dipping frame and distributing the same over the candiestherein, and a chute placed beneath the agitator-frame and communicatingwith the chocolate-receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

33. In amachine for coating candies, a main frame, a water-tank mountedin the bottom rear portion thereof, a chocolate-receptacle supported insaid tank, a shaft vertically adjustable in said chocolate receptacle apower-shaft supported over the main frame, sprocket-wheels connectedwith each of said shafts,bucket-chains mounted on said wheels, a hoppersupported in front of and below the power-shaft, an agitator-framesupported in front of and below the hopper, and provided with a screen,a basket or dipping frame adapted to receive candies and to rest on saidagitator-frame, devices for conveying chocolate in aliquid conditionover said hopper, and distributing it over the candies in said basket ordipping frame, said basket or dipping frame being adapted to turn oversaid support, substantially as shown and described.

34. In a machine for coating candies,a main frame,an agitator-framemounted therein and provided with a screen, a basket or dipping I frameadapted to receive candies and to reston or over said agitator-frame,means for dis tributing chocolate ina liquid condition over said basketor dipping frame and over the candies held therein, a vertically-movablesupport mounted in front of the main frame and in front of theagitator-frame, a feedboard adapted to be placed on the said support,and provided with raised portions for supporting candies, said basket ordipping shaft geared in connection with one of said slides and adaptedto operate all of said slides, a clutch device connected with saidshaft, means for turning said shaft continuously in one direction whensaid clutch is in operation, and devices for turning said shaft in theopposite direction when said clutch is not in operation,su bstantiallyas shown and described.

36. In a machine of the class described, a supplemental frame,downwardly and forwardly inclined slides mounted therein, a shaft gearedin connection with one of said slides and adapted to operate all of saidslides, a clutch device connected with said shaft, means for turningsaid shaft continuously in one direction when said clutch is inoperation, and devices for turning said shaft in the opposite directionwhen said clutch is not in operation, said lastnamed devices beingadapted to be operated by one of said slides, substantially as shown anddescribed.

37. In a machine for coating candies,a chocolate-receptacle, anagitator-frame mounted, in front of and above said receptacle andprovided with a screen, a basket or dipping frame adapted to receivecandies and tobe placed over said agitator-frame, and devices forconveying the chocolate from the chocolate-receptacle, and fordistributing the same over the basket or dipping frame and overthe'candies therein,substantiall y as shown and described.

38. In a machine for coating candies, a chocolate-receptacle, anagitator-frame mounted in front of and above said receptacle andprovided with ascreen, a basket or dipping frame adapted to receivecandies and to be placed over said agitator-frame, and devices forconveying the chocolate from the chocolate-re ceptacle, and fordistributing the same over the basket or dipping frame and over thecandies therein, and a chute supported beneath the agitator-frame and incommunication with the chocolate receptacle, substantially as shown anddescribed.

39. A machine of the class described, provided with a shaft 33, a clutchdevice connected therewith, a shaft 30 and a clutch device connectedtherewith, a-lever 3 for operating the clutch device on the shaft 30,bars 64 and 65 for operating the clutch device on the shaft 33, meansfor operating the bar 64, a pivoted post 72 with which the bar 65 isconnected,

and means for operating the post 72, substanplurality of slides arrangedone above another and beneath said plate, the top slide being adapted toengage said plate and each of the other slides being in operativeconnection, the bottom slide being also provided with atransverse slotor opening, and at the lower end thereof with an upwardly-directedmember and with a downwardly-directed plate, and means for operatingsaid slides, substantially as shown and described.

41. In a machine for coating candies, an agitator-frame provided with ascreen, a vertically-movable support mounted in front of said frame, afeed-board adapted to be placed on said support, and provided with meansfor holding candies to be coated, and a basketor dipping frame adaptedto be supported over said feed-board and over said agitator-frame, andto be turned into either position, said feed-board being adapted to beraised independently of its support, so as to force the candies into thebasket or dipping frame, substantially as shown and described.

42. In a machine of the class described, an inclined frame or support,slides mounted therein and in operative connection, a clutchshaft foroperating said slides, a slidable pin or bolt supported in front of saidslides and adapted to be operated by one of them, and devices inoperative connection with said pin or bolt and with the clutch on saidshaft, substantially as shown and described.

- 43. In a machine of the class described, a main frame, anagitator-frame mounted therein, a shaft for operating saidagitator-frame, an inclined supplemental frame mounted over theagitator-frame, chocolate-distributing devices mounted in saidsupplemental frame,- a'shaft for operating the chocolatedist-ributingdevices, and means for reversing the movementof said shaft in bothdirections, substantially as shown and described.

411. In a machine of the class described, a main frame, anagitator-frame mounted therein, a basket or dipping frame adapted tohold candies, and to be supported by or over said agitator-frame, astationary inclined supplemental frame supported above theagitatorframe, wheels mounted therein and adapted to distributechocolate over the basket or dipping frame, means for conveyingchocolate to and discharging the same upon said slides, and a shaft inoperative connection with said slides, and adapted to operate the same,said shaft being geared in connection with the main power-shaft of themachine, and devices for reversing the movement of said shaft, sub-Vstantially as shown and described.

45. A machine for coating candies, comprising a main 'frame and separatesimilar subdivisions, a chocolate-receptacle mounted in the lower rearportion thereof and divided into separate compartments correspondingwith the separate subdivisions of the machine, said compartments beingadapted to be placed in communication, each of said subdivisions of themachine being provided with its own operative mechanism for coating can7 7 dies, and main and supplemental powershafts common to all of thesubdivisions of V 7 the machine, and in operative connection with i theseparate mechanism of each, substantiallyr as shown and described.

46. Amachine for coating candies, compris+ 7 ing separate similarsubdivisions, each'of which is provided with its own operativemechanism, a chocolate-receptacle mounted in the lower rear portion ofthe machine, and v divided into separate compartments correspending withthe. separate subdivisionsof the machine, main and supplemental power-1shafts mounted in the frame of the machine I and common to all thesubdivisions thereof, and main and supplemental powereshafts beinggeared in connectionwith the mechanism of each subdivision,substantially as shown and described. i, 47. A machine for coatingcandies, comprising a main frame, a chocolate receptaclef mounted in thelower portion thereof, means for heating the chocolate in saidreceptacle, a main power-shaft'mounted above the mainframe, ashaftmounted in the chocolate-re ceptacle, sprocket wheels mounted onsaid shafts, bucket-chains mounted on said wheels, a hopper mounted infront of and below the f: main power-shaft, an agitator-frame mounted infront of and below the hoppervand pro-Q vided with a screen, a basket ordipping frame 7 adapted to receive candies to be coated, and mo to beplaced on said agitator-frame, devices for conveying chocolate from saidhopper and distributing the same over the basket or dip ping frame andthe candies therein, a chute placed beneath the agitator-frame and communicating'with the chocolate-receptacle, and c ii means for operatingthe basket or dipping 1 frame, substantially as shown and described.

48. In a candy-coating machine, an agita tor-frame, devices foroperating said frame, a perforated plate adapted to be placed on saidframe, and a basket or frame adapted to receive candies to be coated andto be'placed F on said agitator-frame over said plate, sub= stantiallyas shown and described. its f 4.9. In a machine of the class described,a feed board consisting of top and bottom plates, the top plate being.provided with a i downwardly-directed member or members which supportthe bottom plate and said bot tom plate being provided with raisedportions, and the top plate being provided with I corresponding openingsover said'raised portions and said bottom plate being vertically rmovable, substantially as shown and de-' 12511:; scribed. V

50. Ina machine of the class described, a chocolate-receptacle, a shaftmounted there: over, bucket chains passing around said shafts andprovided with buckets, the chains 13o and buckets both moving in saidreceptacle, r a hopper mounted in front of and below the; upper shaft, ascreen arranged horizontally in said hopper, devices for conveying thechocO- frame, means for operating the same, a screen placed thereon, abasket or dipping frame for holding the candies on said frame and meansfor distributing the chocolate or other material in a liquid conditionover said candies, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention Ihave signed myname, in pres ence of .the subscribing witnesses, this 22d day ofDecember, 1900.

PANAYIOTIS PANOULIAS. Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, M. K. LOWERRE.

